The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-01-26
Washington Letter.
From Our Own Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Jan. %, 1887.

Contrary to all prediction and to some
we'll laid plans Congress ignored the Tariff
puzzle for & whole week, and turned Its at
! tention and its energies upon the Mormon
question, Interstate Commerce, Appropri-
atoms for the Militia, and upon the bill for
establishing on Executive Department of
Agriculture with seat in the Cabinet for its
chief. Each question was pushed to a vote.
and the result will be, if all this legislation
effects what was intended, that the twin
relic of barbarism" will be rooted out OF
Utah; the people will be relieved Of griev.
Gus oppression and extortion from the rail
roads; the citizen soldiery OF the country
will be provided with arms. and other equip
ments, aud the farmers will have an impos-
ing fgure-head at Washington to look after
| their special interests.
The President gave the first State recep-
ton of 1887 to the Diplomatic Corps, it be-
ing long established custom here to pay
the first honors of the season to the Repre-
sentativeS Of foreign nations. The oticla!
world of Washington is always formerly In
vited to these lereeS, and persons in private
life whose presence is desired are invited In
formally BY the host or hostess. Although
the rain rained down and the wind blew fu-
riously. the White House was filed with q
brilliant throng on this occasion, and out
side the scene was one in which rolling car
riages, lines of coaches coupes. cabs of all
descriptions banging doors, and shouting
drivers played a conspicuc rs part.
The venerable Mr.. Co ran, Washing
tons philanthropist, cane to the reception
early and remained late, seated on sofa in
the Blue P:.rlor, where he received much at
tention from the Presidents guests Gen
eral Sheridan, in full uniform, with FIVE
elittaring badges on his breast, and his
white belt worn diagonally over his shoul-
ders, came with his wife on his arm, and
General Fitz John Porter, who had not been
to White House reception probably for
twenty years, was there. The President
seems to have recovered his health entirely.
and after the fatigueing task Of three hours
of hand-shaking went to work next morning
with more vim than usual.
Many people think the President will call
for an extra session of the Fftieth Congress.
The Tariff question is in such a tangle that
the revenue reformers have little hope OF
doing anything this session. Unless Mr..
Randall does make move, the controversy
will probably exhaust in talk until the end
Oh lQlS SSSSlOu, Will Luc p1OopSSso Va eA>A ga
ira session being called.
Hon. Frank Hurd, Of Ohio, who lost his
seat in Congress through too much eloquence
as eager as ever for tariff legislation. He is
very anxious for an extra session, so that
the tariff fight may be brought on as soon as
possible. He asserts that public interest in
the subject is growing stronger. few
years ago when he talked tariff no one would
listen. "Not one man in hundred cared
then one rap about the Tariff. Now he says
he gets letters every day asking him to de-
liver lectures on the subject. He thinks the
administration will hardly dare to let the
Treasury surplus 60 on piling up until next
year. Tariff reform has got to come. said
.Ir. Hurd, 'and the sooner the question is
met the better Let US have an extra ses-
sion"
There will be Norwegian in the Eiftieth
Congress in the place of the late Dir. Prlce
of Wisconsin, and he will be one OF its great
est men so far rs expansion Is concerned
MIR. Nils Haugen is six feet four inches and
weighs three hundred pounds. He is thor
oughly American in speech and manner,
however, having come to this country when
q baby. He was educated at Ann Arbor,
Michigan, and has been in the Wisconsin
legislature for several terms. He has been
State Railroad Commissioner since 1852,
and is also stenographer, having made his
living reporting at court at one time.
It IS not every Congressman who is rich
enough to take the stand against his ofhce-
bunting constituents that Mr.. Perry Bel
mont now occupies. This young Congress
man had the courage to say at the last cleo
ton that he declined eny longer to spend his
time in Washington looking after positions
for the faithful. He was willing to pay for
the services of man whose duty it shoul
be to devote himself to that kind of work,
he added. but he was not willing to give it
personal attention, as there were other mat
ters of greater Importance claiming his
time.
MIR. Belmont was as good as his word and
he now employs maj, here to attend to the
business of the spoilsmen, on distinct un-
derstanding with the people of his district.
Said he, II am willing to sign petitions
when consider applicants worthy OF in
dorsement, but this running around the De-
partments in search of places cannot
be expected TO do and will not"
The Difference Between Capt. F. ".